UBEDA, a town of Spain, Andalusia province, and 25 miles N.E. of Jaen. It is pleasantly situated in a fertile and well watered district, on a gentle slope, near the right bank of the Guadalquivir. Ubeda was built by the Moors with the materials of the Roman Baetula, now Ubeda la Vieja, and has still a very Moorish appearance. Under the Moors it rose to be a place of importance, and was the scene of several sanguinary conflicts between them and the Christians. It is said at one time to have contained 70,000 inhabitants. Some of its towers and gates, and portions of its walls, still remain. It contains numerous churches, convents, and nunneries, some of which are fine buildings; in particular, the church of San Salvador, and the cathedral, originally a mosque, but transformed into a Corinthian temple. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture. Pop. 13,632.